Chapter 424

While Duan Fengyun and the others were rushing toward Xitian Juefeng Tongtian Ta, Chen Jingchou looked on helplessly, not knowing what to do as he watched Taba Yu'er, who had once again become a rabbit demon before his eyes.

Just a moment ago, Taba Yu'er, who had been laughing and talking with Chen Jingchou while walking toward Fumo Mountain, had suddenly begun to convulse as if possessed.

In the blink of an eye, Taba Yu'er had transformed back into the rabbit demon form she had worn back in Taba.

The difference from the past was that, back then, Taba Yu'er had been framed by a real rabbit demon and transformed by it, yet her consciousness had remained intact.

But now, because of the eruption of the Demon Seed within her, Taba Yu'er had transformed directly from a human into a rabbit demon—or rather, a rabbit demon of the Demon Race.

Having transformed into a rabbit demon, Taba Yu'er had long since lost her human reason and had become cruel and bloodthirsty.

Taba Yu'er looked at Chen Jingchou with murderous intent; she felt that the blood and flesh of the person before her should be quite delicious, and she charged straight at him, wanting to skin Chen Jingchou and tear him apart.

Chen Jingchou nimbly dodged the rabbit demon Taba Yu'er, and with a mournful face, he cried out, not knowing what to do:

"Yu'er, what is wrong with you?"

"How did you become like this?"

"Yu'er, you are the only friend I have left now."

"My master and the villagers have been frozen, and the big brother I have always respected is my most hated enemy; I only have you left now."

"But now that you have become like this, what am I supposed to do?"

"Yu'er, what has happened to you? Tell me quickly, let us find a way together."

But Taba Yu'er, having become a rabbit demon, could no longer hear Chen Jingchou's words, and her hands, now transformed into sharp claws, reached directly for Chen Jingchou.

Facing the attack of the rabbit demon Taba Yu'er, Chen Jingchou did not prepare to resist.

Taba Yu'er's demonization became the final straw that broke Chen Jingchou.

Just as Chen Jingchou had said, the only family and friends he had in this world were either frozen or had deceived him.

Taba Yu'er was his last remaining pillar for survival, and now, with her demonization, Chen Jingchou had completely lost the motivation to live.

Chen Jingchou did not think at all about the responsibilities he bore; in his view, he could not even save himself, so how could he talk about saving the Human Realm or saving the world?

Chen Jingchou now only wished for death, to quickly end his miserable life.

Just as the sharp claws of the rabbit demon Taba Yu'er were about to pierce Chen Jingchou's chest, a sudden strike knocked away the rabbit demon Taba Yu'er, who was about to make her move.

Then, a voice familiar to Chen Jingchou rang in his ears.

"Chen Jingchou, you claim to be the Earth Emperor, yet I did not expect you to be so unable to withstand setbacks. It seems what Yuwen Tuo said before was indeed correct."

Chen Jingchou looked toward the source of the voice, and soon the owner of the voice appeared.

It was Ning Ke and Shuxiang, who had been ordered by the Demon Lord to capture Chen Jingchou.

Chen Jingchou looked at Ning Ke; even now, he did not know Ning Ke's true identity.

So he asked, questioning her:

"I think Jianshuang is not your real name, is it?"

"Who exactly are you?"

Ning Ke laughed heartily:

"My name is Ning Ke, and I am the demon that you mortals will never be able to defeat!"

"The Taba Yu'er beside you is our masterpiece!"

Chen Jingchou looked at the rabbit demon Taba Yu'er to the side, then looked at Ning Ke, and said with hatred:

"So it turns out all of this is the Demon Realm playing tricks behind the scenes."

"Ning Ke, I will kill you, and then I will go and destroy your Demon Realm!"

Ning Ke laughed loudly:

"Hahahaha, you?"

"Chen Jingchou, do you think you are Yuwen Tuo, or do you think you are Duan Fengyun?"

"With just you, you want to fight our Demon Realm? Go take a piss and look at yourself first."

Chen Jingchou looked at Ning Ke and said with pride:

"I, Chen Jingchou, am the Earth Emperor, and one day,"

"I, Chen Jingchou, will seal your kind of Demon Race away once again."

Ning Ke acted as if she had heard some grand joke.

"Hahahaha, Chen Jingchou, do you still self-righteously think you are some Earth Emperor?"

"I tell you, you have long since ceased to be any Earth Emperor."

"The current Earth Emperor is none other than the person you hate most, Duan Fengyun."

"Chen Jingchou, how is it? Do you feel very angry? Yuwen Tuo deceived you, Duan Fengyun humiliated you, and now he has even taken away the Earth Emperor status you were so proud of."

"Chen Jingchou, I truly feel pity for you; you are truly a complete piece of trash."

Chen Jingchou shook his head and said with disbelief:

"I don't believe it. I, Chen Jingchou, am the Earth Emperor appointed by the heavens; how could Duan Fengyun possibly take away my Earth Emperor status?"

"Ning Ke, don't you try to lie to me; I will not believe you."

During the time Chen Jingchou had spent following Jianchi, he had experienced many things, and he was not willing to easily believe what Ning Ke said.

Seeing that Chen Jingchou was still unwilling to believe that his Earth Emperor status had been taken, Ning Ke knew that Chen Jingchou's conviction had not yet collapsed.

But Ning Ke knew that as long as she added more fuel to the fire, Chen Jingchou would definitely collapse, and then Chen Jingchou would be at her mercy.

Ning Ke smiled:

"Chen Jingchou, since that is the case, then I will tell you one thing to make you give up completely."

"Chen Jingchou, I will tell you the truth: the Earth Emperor status you have always been so proud of was given to you by our Demon Realm!"

"Eighteen years ago, my Demon Father sensed the Earth Emperor of this generation, and our Demon Realm feared his talent, as well as his background: the Northern Zhou Yuwen Imperial Clan, the descendant of the Yellow Emperor, and the guardian of the Xuanyuan Sword."

"That's right, he is the Yuwen Tuo whom you, Chen Jingchou, hate to the bone."

To prevent the Earth Emperor from disrupting our plans, my Demon Father expended immense effort to alter the destiny of Yuwen Tuo, causing him to lose his qualification as the Earth Emperor.

Then, my Demon Father bestowed this Earth Emperor qualification upon an infant with extremely poor talent; that infant is you, Chen Jingchou.

The deep hatred between you and Yuwen Tuo was actually designed by us, intended to make you, the Earth Emperor, fight against him, the guardian of the Xuanyuan Sword, so that you would lose your qualification to use the Xuanyuan Sword.

However, what we did not expect was the appearance of the variable that is Duan Fengyun.

I think you probably do not yet know Duan Fengyun's identity.

He is the personal disciple of the Human Realm hero you are so proud of, Xuanyuan Huangdi.

It is precisely because of his existence that many of our plans have been ruined.

This time, he actually obtained the qualification of the Earth Emperor directly.

Chen Jingchou, in terms of status, you are nothing, and in terms of cultivation, you are even less worth mentioning.

Tell me, what do you have to fight against our Demon Realm, and what do you have to compare with Yuwen Tuo and Duan Fengyun?

If I were you, I would rather just choose to die.

Chen Jingchou, you are a tragedy while alive; you are just a clown!"

After hearing Ning Ke's words, Chen Jingchou sat down on the ground with a thud.

Indeed, just as Ning Ke said, he had not expected that his Earth Emperor status had come about this way.

Furthermore, Chen Jingchou had not expected Duan Fengyun's background to be so terrifying—the personal disciple of Xuanyuan Huangdi.

Now he had nothing left; what did he have to deal with Duan Fengyun, and what did he have to take revenge?

The faith in Chen Jingchou's heart completely collapsed, and he slumped on the ground with dull, lifeless eyes.

Seeing this, Ning Ke smiled at Shuxiang:

"Mission accomplished!"

Shuxiang stepped forward and knocked Chen Jingchou unconscious with a single palm strike, while Ning Ke said to the Rabbit Demon Taba Yu'er standing to the side:

"Wait patiently in the Human Realm until we descend."

The Rabbit Demon Taba Yu'er nodded; she felt the pressure of a superior from Ning Ke.

Ning Ke walked to Chen Jingchou's side and took away his Demon-Suppressing Pot.

Ning Ke opened

the Demon-Suppressing Pot, put Chen Jingchou inside, and then returned to the Demon Realm with Shuxiang.

At this moment, the battered Gold Protector also arrived in the Demon Realm, supported by the Water Protector.

They should have arrived long ago, but along the way, the Gold Protector's wounds were continuously ravaged by the Sword Qi remaining from the Xuanyuan Sword.

The Gold Protector and the Water Protector had spent great effort to expel the residual Sword Qi of the Xuanyuan Sword.

Looking at the battered Gold Protector, who had even lost an arm, Ning Ke asked:

"Gold Protector, didn't you and the Wood Protector go to Yuehe City to capture Nuwa's Daughter?

Where is Nuwa's Daughter?

And where has the Wood Protector gone?"

At this moment, Ning Ke already had a bad premonition in her heart, but she still needed to confirm it with the Gold Protector and the Water Protector.

As for the Water Protector's mission, Ning Ke did not need to ask, because the demonization of Taba Yu'er had already given her the answer.

Presumably, the Water Protector had already activated all their Demon Seeds in the Human Realm.

At this time, the Demon Lord also appeared before everyone, and looking at the battered Gold Protector, the Demon Lord shouted:

"Gold Protector, wasn't it ordered that you and the Wood Protector go to capture Nuwa's Daughter?

How did you end up in this state?

Where is Nuwa's Daughter?"

The Gold Protector looked at the Demon Lord, pushed aside the Water Protector who was supporting him, knelt directly on the ground, and said with a face full of guilt:

"Reporting to the Demon Lord, when the Wood Protector and I went to Yuehe City to capture Nuwa's Daughter, we encountered Duan Fengyun and Yuwen Tuo.

The Wood Protector was killed by Duan Fengyun and the others, and I only managed to save my life because of the sudden appearance of the Water Protector and the help of the Demon Seeds in Yuehe City.

Your subordinate has failed the mission; please punish me, Demon Lord!"

Hearing the Gold Protector's words, Ning Ke confirmed the guess in her heart.

In this Human Realm, besides Yuwen Tuo and Duan Fengyun, who else could have wounded the Gold Protector like this?

After hearing this, the Demon Lord sighed and said:

"Very well, I know now; I do not blame you.

It is normal that you were no match when encountering Duan Fengyun and Yuwen Tuo.

You may withdraw for now; I believe that since Duan Fengyun and Yuwen Tuo have gathered the Five Ancient Divine Artifacts, they will soon activate the Lost Array.

Go and recover your strength to prepare for the final battle."

The Water Protector helped the Gold Protector up, and after the two paid their respects to the Demon Lord, they withdrew.

After the Gold Protector and the Water Protector left, the Demon Lord looked at Ning Ke and asked:

"Ning Ke, how did it go?

You wouldn't tell your Demon Father that your mission was also not completed, would you?"

Ning Ke took the Demon-Suppressing Pot from her waist and dangled it before the Demon Lord's eyes:

"Demon Father, the person you asked me to bring is right here.

With me on the job, you can rest assured!"